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1 Day Kigali City Tour

Overview

This 1 Day Kigali City Tour provides a genuine view of Kigali, which is home to some of Rwanda’s “thousand hills.” You may include this tour in your Rwanda safaris such as gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, Rwanda cultural tour, or Rwanda birding safari, or you can add a one-day or half-day Kigali city tour.

Kigali is Rwanda’s capital city and the country’s dynamic commercial hub, with a year-round temperate temperature that allows tourists to explore at any season of year. It is one of Africa’s nicest and happiest cities, drawing a lot of tourists and investors each year. It has recently held various high-level meetings and events, attracting participants from all around the globe.

Safari Highlights

  • Day 1: Kigali city tour and departure

Activity Highlights

  • Kigali city tour

Getting around your kigali city tour

In comparison to many other African cities, Kigali boasts a well-developed public transportation infrastructure. There are designated bus and taxi stops where you may catch public transportation, which includes 18-seater taxis, coasters, and buses. You have the choice of strolling to some of the landmarks that are within easy reach of you; Kigali city is a nice place to walk with well-maintained sidewalks. Additionally, you may take a’moto,’ or motorcycle taxi, to the many fields of interest.

Nevertheless, to cover the many sights in a day and for this trip, you will ride a tour vehicle with an experienced tour guide from monumental expeditions to the various locations you are interested in visiting while on your Kigali city tour.

 

Activities while on your kigali city tour.

With this Kigali city trip, we will have all of the recommended places provided by our tour guide, and you will be able to pick which ones you would want to see and which should be removed from the list. Interact with your tour guide about your interests while on this trip, but keep in mind that all of your suggestions must be feasible and within the local limits.

Our Kigali city tour brings you to Rwanda’s significant historical and cultural landmarks. You will go to the Kandt house or natural history museum, which was home to Dr. Richard Kandt, Rwanda’s first German colonial resident. In commemoration of his efforts, his home at the base of Mount Jali and Mount Kigali in the center of the city has been converted into the Natural History Museum, which is one of the sites on the trip. This might take up to an hour relying on how you interact with the museum guide on what you’re learning about Kigali and Rwanda in general.

Then continue with the guided tour of Kigali’s rapidly expanding districts, which are transforming the city’s complexion. There is an option to visit the presidential museum, which is the house of two of Rwanda’s past presidents; here you will discover about Rwanda’s political history. We travel through the older business and residential sections, including a big halt at the Kigali genocide memorial monument, which commemorates the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.

We provide possibilities to visit artisan centers where you may shop mementos from your time in Rwanda, so assisting the families of the women who make the things. Lunch will be served at a nearby restaurant, where you will sample traditional Rwandan cuisine. If you want a more broad cuisine, you can go to a multilingual restaurant.

End Of Tour

Includes

  • 4×4 safari vehicle
  • A tour guide
  • Meals
  • Entry fees

Excludes

  • Tips
  • Insurance
  •  Visas
  • International flights